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7485 messages, Last post on Mar 23, 2008 at 7:43 AM
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Replying to: hansienna (Mar 02, 2008 7:58 am) Based on family experience, the Grand Caravan and the Odyssey are very reliable. I always do my own research so I asked my 3 friends who bought the Odyssey in 2000 when I bought my Chrysler how their vans were holding up. It doesn't look too good. One has 105,000 and has not had transmission problems. Another had hers replaced in the 80K range through the recall (I did not ask if she had to pay anything) and the transmission went again at 135K. She fixed it again because she can't afford another van right now. The third friend had the transmission go at about 90K. I was replaced for free by Honda. She then traded it in for an 07 Odyssey. Now she has discovered that her 99 Accord's transmission is going with less than 90K on it. I told her that her 07 Odyssey should be better because they redid the transmission placing the heavier Pilot transmission in it. I hope I am right because she is having some health issues and I'd hate to see her have problems again. I would avoid used Odysseys. What I can't decide is how many miles people should get out of a transmission? What is considered the norm before a transmission is considered to be poorly designed?
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Replying to: hansienna (Mar 05, 2008 12:18 pm) I don't know if this is necessarily bad because most of what will be sitting in the center row will be a child in a car seat which usually already have arm rests. I think the comfort of the center seat should be the deciding factor between the 2. |
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Replying to: maryh3 (Mar 07, 2008 3:32 pm) Honda has a well documented problem with the 99 to 04 models. Those models seem to be 95% of the complaints you see on this site. I haven't seen many problems from 05 to 08's but they also have less miles on them. Still a lot of those are well into the range when the previous model was showing problems. Chryslers warrantee is good, but they haven't had a good history with transmissions either and there are some strings attached. It's a crap shoot anyway you cut it. |
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Replying to: maryh3 (Mar 07, 2008 3:32 pm) 
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Replying to: bobber1 (Mar 07, 2008 6:06 pm) 180,000 trouble free miles on my 1983 Cavalier....5 spd manual!!
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Replying to: dennisctc (Mar 08, 2008 3:13 pm) Back to vans??? |
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Read http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Drives/Comparos/articleId=125009 to see the Edmunds evaluation of the Odyssey VS a pair of SUVs. Point is Edmund's calls the Odyssey the benchmark for minivans.
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Replying to: artgpo (Mar 13, 2008 4:50 pm) Best Regards, Shipo |
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Replying to: dennisctc (Mar 08, 2008 3:13 pm) BTW, 188,000 miles on '87 BMW 5-spd (and original clutch). Yes, given a good design, transmissions can last a long time with minimal attention.
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Replying to: artgpo (Mar 13, 2008 4:50 pm)
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